Watching the Devil tune his guitar in the middle of the night isn’t how Robert (or Tommy) Johnson imagined he’d be spending his Saturday night. When that ol’ demon started playing songs, fire flew from his fingertips as an otherworldly sound reverberated into the night. According to legend, despite his…
Another month has ended and that month has given us even more peeks into the social media world of local acts through the use of everyone’s favorite new platform, the Vine. Like we said last month, for those of you who aren’t familiar with Vine, it’s Twitter’s new app that…
You know the jingle. It’s the kind of hot that leaves a sweat outline in the shape of a chair on your shirt, and one of the world’s most teasing, irritating songs comes on the radio: “All of those tourists covered with oil / strumming my six string / on…
We all remember the Rihanna Plane, right? Where 150 journalists and contest “winners” spent a week being cattle-herded around the planet in the vague, but not immediate, proximity of Rihanna? How anarchy broke out around day four, with no access to any stories of any kind, extended stretches quarantined away…
The early reports on Record Store Day 2013 are in. They are anecdotal at this point, and they are all accounts of lines around the block across the country and world, of beer and bands and general goodwill. At some point, we will find the saturation point for RSD exclusives…
“Once, when I was a teen, I had a mom who had a mom who had a mom…” Cory Patrick Coleman has a part time gig that he landed a few months ago working for J.C. Penney retouching photos, a job that he shares with King Bucks musician Joe Butcher…
Today marks the 43rd Earth Day, and to celebrate, we over at DC9 at Night put together a list of some of our favorite songs about the large, luscious planet we call home. Make sure to add any favorite environmentally-themed songs in the comment section below. Happy Earth Day!…
Oh, Budweiser. It’s come to this? News of your new bow-tie-shaped beer can certainly got a lot of people’s attention, but I’m not sure it’s the right kind — the whole Internet is laughing at you. You had a good thing in that classic red, white and blue can, and…
With Jay Farrar and Son Volt playing at the Sons of Hermann Hall this weekend, it seems a good time to evaluate the entire Alt-country semi-movement. For all practical matters, Alt-country began with Uncle Tupelo’s album No Depression in 1990. Shortly thereafter, the magazine of the same name was published…
So, Eater Dallas asked Hypnotic Donuts to invent a burger that they’d serve for Eater’s Burger Week. Awesome. The photo above is a picture of the burger that Hypnotic invented. Here’s a description of it, straight from Eater: Hypnotic Donuts: The ‘Minimum Wage’ burger is a half-pound patty infused with…
According to a questionable food holiday website, tomorrow is National Peach Cobbler Day. In Texas, America, this is a special occasion as the scent of peach cobbler is capable of taking most of us back to birthday parties around the pool (even if your birthday is in December) and barbecues…
Update: Judy Garland’s “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead” is forecast to be #1 on the British charts on Sunday, the day the official charts are released. I’m not even shitting you. This means that it will end up being played on Radio 1’s Sunday Chart Show. Radio 1 is…
Dig raw milk? Right now to indulge unpasteurized, unhomogenized milk from cows and goats that are raised on pasture-based farms (you know, the way we all used to do it) individuals have to drive out to the farm and purchase it directly. That may be a fun weekend drive if…
Last month we told you about Lisa Leake and Vani Hari, two bloggers who are taking Kraft to task because of the artificial dyes the company uses in its macaroni and cheese. When we published that post the two were looking for 20,000 signatures on a petition. Earlier this week,…
So the Rolling Stones have announced their first large tour in 6 years, and their “50 And Counting” jaunt will see them stop in nine cities across North America. This is borderline amazing considering that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are 69 and CHARLIE WATTS IS 71 FREAKING YEARS OLD…
While we might have done some wonderful things for y’all with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Radiohead, we have also sent you some terrible crimes against music. And while none of this really compares to Canada foisting Avril Lavigne and Nickleback on you, it’s still not great. I’m…
tumblr.com/user coolbeans11Michael Angelo Batio Hey, we can all appreciate a quality guitar god. Anyone who considers themselves a fan of music knows the joy of watching their favorite axeman/woman go on a tear and destroy the crowd with their fast-fingered prowess, signature style and lush mane of flowing hair. It’s…
This isn’t good. A post on the Whiskey Advocate Blog marks the release of Dewar’s Highlander Honey, a Dewar’s scotch whisky infused with honey and filtered through oak cask wood. See also: – What The Fuck Happened To Vodka? According to the blog, this is the first time scotch has…
Remember back when BuzzFeed was cool? Right before they published their article about the 16 Cereals That Should Be Obliterated at 11:22 a.m. on March 21? Right before that very minute, they were pretty funny on most days. But, a dark scornful cloud has enveloped the space over BuzzFeed Central…
I just got a great news release. Not more than two weeks after The New York Times published a story on the science behind the junk food that’s poisoning us, Lay’s has announced a new line of potato chips with 50 percent less sodium and the same great taste. See…
Eels (no “The,” just “Eels”) have had a long, storied, interesting, musically adventurous career, but for a lot of people it stopped in 1996. Hell, for a fair amount of people most things alternative rock stopped in 1996, but I digress. The thing is, they’ve released a full nine albums…
After reading her gutsy open letter to Clive Davis that fought back against some of the hurtful accusations he made against her in his new memoir, it’s fun to repurpose some of her feistiest lyrics as a career-long diatribe against the legendary but stifling mogul. Presented in no particular and…
